7 year old son and football training

bigmaz

quidsy wrote: »

umm, the standing there like an idiot stage. Put it this way, the last football bday party he went to he spent most of the time rolling around on the floor near the goal whilst most the other boys his age were doing what presumably their dads or football lessons have taught them what to do

He knows nothing about the rules, who kicks when etc yet loves the game, even when he watches it on tv he has no idea what is going on. That said, as with most other sport, it doesn't take long to get the basics down.

Where do you live, do you have goals type facility? http://www.goalsfootball.co.uk/

Or how about local under 8 football clubs, they usually meet on a weekend morning & take total beginners.

Good to hear of other people in the same situation. I have contacted the local sports centre to see what my options are. There are no Goals close to us, will have a look for other classes and ask on Facebook. I want a class where the rest of the kids are similar stage, dont want him getting teased by the better players.

quidsy

The group training he does is mixed ability & they split them into teams. My ds didn't seem fazed that he was in a less experienced team just happy he was doing it so don't worry about that aspect too much.

Counter

bigmaz wrote: »

Counter wrote:

There must be plenty of things (both sport and otherwise) that he has no experience of or skills in, so why are you focussing on football as being such a concern? Especially as you have said it is something he doesn't seem interested in.

After the game he said he wants to do football training to be as good as the other boys his age.

I see this is now mentioned in your original post. I would just like to point out that it wasn't when I replied. You have editted your original post, leading to my post sounding like I had ignore a key part of yours.

bigmaz

Counter wrote: »

I see this is now mentioned in your original post. I would just like to point out that it wasn't when I replied. You have editted your original post, leading to my post sounding like I had ignore a key part of yours.

Dont worry it was after you said it I thought I better put it in the original post

Lokolo

I coach football for kids 6-10. The range of abilities is great, some of the 6 year olds are better than 10 year olds, because of experience.

However my team are in the lower skilled area, I emphasise the enjoyment rather than how good they are. Yes the kids know if they aren't as good as others and sometimes it bothers a couple of them with "I'm not getting the ball" or "They won't pass to me", but encouragement when they do something right, or putting them in the positions where they are more likely to get the ball, does help.

We won 2 games 4-3 and 2-0 a couple of weeks ago, last week we lost 8-0. The kids were a bit annoyed they let in 8 goals but they still ejoyed playing and have a laugh with their friends. They didn't seem to really care at all, they just like putting on their kit and playing football!

bigmaz

Lokolo wrote: »

I coach football for kids 6-10. The range of abilities is great, some of the 6 year olds are better than 10 year olds, because of experience.

However my team are in the lower skilled area, I emphasise the enjoyment rather than how good they are. Yes the kids know if they aren't as good as others and sometimes it bothers a couple of them with "I'm not getting the ball" or "They won't pass to me", but encouragement when they do something right, or putting them in the positions where they are more likely to get the ball, does help.

We won 2 games 4-3 and 2-0 a couple of weeks ago, last week we lost 8-0. The kids were a bit annoyed they let in 8 goals but they still ejoyed playing and have a laugh with their friends. They didn't seem to really care at all, they just like putting on their kit and playing football!

Thats what I am happy for my son to be like, just to enjoy playing, not bothered about him being a great footballer, just dont want him being the one deliberately standing out the way so no one passes to him as he has no confidence.

heartbreak_star

Just to flip it around a little, is it possible he's only saying he wants to be good at football to please you, because he knows you like it so much?

Football shouldn't have to be a big part of a boy's life.

We had a lot of kids like that at my dance class - mum had decided they were going to be a little prince or princess when all they wanted to do was roll around in the mud

Maybe try and encourage him into some other sports too? Footie isn't the end all and be all, even though it seems to be (ridiculously, IMO) treated like some sort of religion!

HBS x

quidsy

I've not read anything in the op's post or tone to suggest he was projecting. My ds has no one in the whole family who likes football. But he wants to play. Kids pick up a lot from their peers & they don't like being the odd man out.

Money_maker

Mine both did football and a friends son wasn't sporty so he didn't. It didnt really matter either way. Only problem with our local training was that the best kids were picked to play the actual matches so was a bit dispiriting for those not so able. Mine also did tennis, swimming, cubs (I list as a sport as ours was very physical) and judo. Some kids are more inclined to prefer cricket or rugby.

bigmaz

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Just to flip it around a little, is it possible he's only saying he wants to be good at football to please you, because he knows you like it so much?

Football shouldn't have to be a big part of a boy's life.

We had a lot of kids like that at my dance class - mum had decided they were going to be a little prince or princess when all they wanted to do was roll around in the mud

Maybe try and encourage him into some other sports too? Footie isn't the end all and be all, even though it seems to be (ridiculously, IMO) treated like some sort of religion!

HBS x

He has seen how good the other kids are, so wants to do training. We are going to a tennis coaching class tomorrow, he is looking forward to that also. So not just restricting him to football. I am not going to force him inot anything, dont worry, its him that wants to be better at footy I was never really that good, but I got by, playing with friends, but never a team. But at a level I can enjoy it.